A story, told to me as true. I was young, and don't remember if it was told a
FOAF, or a an actual and named person. The teller isn't available for PPQ. (I
fully support the BOA! Yesyes, I do!). It has some features of an UL, but I have
only heard it once.
"X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought it a
shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of their car,
and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they arrived at
home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking around.
The put the recovered deer into their back yard. "Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors complained. So they
decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire it in
town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
Now, I see lots of problems with that: even assuming an old-fashioned car jack
rather than a modern stamped sheet metal scissors jack, beating an animal on the
head that fights it own kind by ramming its head and antlers sounds adventurous.
Also: handling a live deer? Keeping it in a yard, where folks usually need to
invest in ten-foot fences to keep the deer out?
Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have heard this
tale as well?
> "X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought it a
> shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of their car,
> and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
> pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they arrived at
> home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking around.
> The put the recovered deer into their back yard.
> "Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors complained. So they
> decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire it in
> town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
[....]
> Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have heard this
> tale as well?
The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the deer being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I think it was, told a similar story about a deer and strapping it to his bicycle to transfer it home.
> > "X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought it a
> > shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of their car,
> > and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
> > pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they arrived at
> > home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking around.
> > The put the recovered deer into their back yard.
> > "Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors complained. So they
> > decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire it in
> > town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
> [....]
> > Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have heard this
> > tale as well?
> The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the deer
> being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I think it was,
> told a similar story about a deer and strapping it to his bicycle to
> transfer it home.
Agreed. And as happens with these, I have a feeling it has appeared
in comedies as well.
>> "X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought
>> it a
>> shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of
>> their car,
>> and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
>> pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they
>> arrived at
>> home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking
>> around.
>> The put the recovered deer into their back yard.
>> "Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors
>> complained. So they
>> decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire
>> it in
>> town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
> [....]
>> Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have
>> heard this
>> tale as well?
> The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the deer
> being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I think it was,
> told a similar story about a deer and strapping it to his bicycle to
> transfer it home.
That sounds like something Patrick McManus would write. I don't have
many of his books, just his mysteries and one other, but I can
easily see him writing something about bringing a deer home on
a bicycle. He could make something of that.
>A story, told to me as true. I was young, and don't remember if it was >told a
> FOAF, or a an actual and named person. The teller isn't available for > PPQ. (I
> fully support the BOA! Yesyes, I do!). It has some features of an UL, > but I have
> only heard it once.
> "X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought > it a
> shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of > their car,
> and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks > were
> pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they > arrived at
> home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking > around.
> The put the recovered deer into their back yard.
> "Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors > complained. So they
> decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire > it in
> town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car > jack."
> Now, I see lots of problems with that: even assuming an old-fashioned > car jack
> rather than a modern stamped sheet metal scissors jack, beating an > animal on the
> head that fights it own kind by ramming its head and antlers sounds > adventurous.
> Also: handling a live deer? Keeping it in a yard, where folks usually > need to
> invest in ten-foot fences to keep the deer out?
> Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have > heard this
> tale as well?
>A story, told to me as true. I was young, and don't remember if it was told a
>FOAF, or a an actual and named person. The teller isn't available for PPQ. (I
>fully support the BOA! Yesyes, I do!). It has some features of an UL, but I have
>only heard it once.
>"X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought it a
>shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of their car,
>and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
>pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they arrived at
>home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking around.
>The put the recovered deer into their back yard. >"Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors complained. So they
>decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire it in
>town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
>Now, I see lots of problems with that: even assuming an old-fashioned car jack
>rather than a modern stamped sheet metal scissors jack, beating an animal on the
>head that fights it own kind by ramming its head and antlers sounds adventurous.
>Also: handling a live deer? Keeping it in a yard, where folks usually need to
>invest in ten-foot fences to keep the deer out?
>Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have heard this
>tale as well?
> >A story, told to me as true. I was young, and don't remember if it was told a
> >FOAF, or a an actual and named person. The teller isn't available for PPQ. (I
> >fully support the BOA! Yesyes, I do!). It has some features of an UL, but I have
> >only heard it once.
> >"X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought it a
> >shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of their car,
> >and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
> >pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they arrived at
> >home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking around.
> >The put the recovered deer into their back yard. > >"Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors complained. So they
> >decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire it in
> >town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
> >Now, I see lots of problems with that: even assuming an old-fashioned car jack
> >rather than a modern stamped sheet metal scissors jack, beating an animal on the
> >head that fights it own kind by ramming its head and antlers sounds adventurous.
> >Also: handling a live deer? Keeping it in a yard, where folks usually need to
> >invest in ten-foot fences to keep the deer out?
> >Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have heard this
> >tale as well?
>> "X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought
>> it a
>> shame to waste good venison, so they tied the carcass to the roof of
>> their car,
>> and drove to their home in a polite suburb. They wondered why folks were
>> pointing at their car as they drove, and found out why when they
>> arrived at
>> home: The deer had only been stunned, and had come to, and was looking
>> around.
>> The put the recovered deer into their back yard.
>> "Soon there was trouble -- it ate things, and the neighbors
>> complained. So they
>> decided to dispatch it, and either lacked a gun or didn't want to fire
>> it in
>> town (I forget), and ended up bludgeoning it to death with a car jack."
> [....]
>> Thoughts? And in particular, are there any other people that have
>> heard this
>> tale as well?
> The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the deer
> being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I think it was,
> told a similar story about a deer and strapping it to his bicycle to
> transfer it home.
It would seem to have had to be from a long time ago, or in a land far away, as keeping a deer in one's back yard would typically run afoul of the authorities. Not quite as afoul as bludgeoning it to death....
It would likely have to have been a very very long jack if the deer was healthy enough to eat the neighbors plants [1], as the horns aren't as dangerous as the razor sharp hooves are.
[1] Unless, this was the rare carnivore variety of deer
> The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the
> deer being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I
> think it was, told a similar story about a deer and strapping it
> to his bicycle to transfer it home.
> > The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the
> > deer being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I
> > think it was, told a similar story about a deer and strapping it
> > to his bicycle to transfer it home.
Duggy <Paul.Dug...@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 6:26 am, Ray <vortren-ne...@yaxhoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>> "Charles Wm. Dimmick" <cdimm...@snet.net> wrote:
>>> The only part of that which seems familiar is the part about the
>>> deer being only stunned and then recovering. Patrick McManus, I
>>> think it was, told a similar story about a deer and strapping it
>>> to his bicycle to transfer it home.
>> Here's a classic, purportedly a 911 call, about a deer regaining
>> consciousness in the back seat of a car (very
>> NSFW):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v»a0blUoE8U
> I'm beginning to suspect that deer have special ninja-faking-own-death
> skills.
I don't think anything perfected by the opossum can be called ninja skills.
